I am trying to get a variable from a php class without having to use "new classname()"
This is my code:
class myVars {
static $varx = null;
public function __construct() {
$this->varx = "test";
}
}
echo myVars::$varx;
I also tried replacing $this-> with self::, but nothing gets printed. How should I code the class in order to call myVars::$varx?
The problem you are having, is that you are not instantiating an object, so the constructor never gets called.
What you could do is:
class myVars {
static $varx = null;
public function __construct() {
$this->varx = "test";
}
}
myVars::$varx = "test";
echo myVars::$varx;
Or you could create an object and have the constructor change the static variable.
This should make your static variable publicly accessible.
class myVars {
public static $varx = null;
public function __construct() {
self::$varx = "test";
}
}
echo myVars::$varx;
However, in your example, the constructor is never called, so the modification to the static variable is never made.